A Gilmer man has been sentenced to 10 years probation after pleading guilty to manslaughter.

20-year-old Benjamin Lee Powers initially was charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide but according to the Upshur County District Attorney’s office, evidence presented later revealed grounds for manslaughter.

18-year-old Caderrius Green was killed while riding as a passenger in Powers’ car. Powers attempted to pass a vehicle in a no pass zone on FM 49 near Gilmer and rolled the vehicle several times in what the District Attorney’s office calls an act of road rage.